Do you wonder...
Why am I so anxious?
There are four primary ways we develop clinical anxiety – we call these “vehicles of acquisition.“
We explore your vehicles of acquisition to create the most effective treatment path. Then, we get to work.
Exposure and Response Prevention (ERP) is a behaviorally-oriented treatment wherein you and your clinician collaboratively craft a list of opportunities in which you practice experiencing anxiety and fear-provoking stimuli without participating in avoidance or safety behaviors. This treatment is evidence-based and continuing to grow and evolve. Research reveals that when participating in ERP, we learn four specific things: The feared stimuli wasn’t dangerous/or we survived the thing we thought was dangerous, that the experience of anxiety itself is safe, that safety behaviors are unnecessary, and that we can live full and meaningful lives with anxiety.
ERP is the most effective way to treat OCD.
ACT (pronounced like the word, “act”) is a third-wave cognitive behavioral therapy that targets six well-researched processes of change: Acceptance, present moment awareness, self-as-content, cognitive defusion, values, and committed action. Because of this focus on process over protocol, the ACT model aims to improve our psychological flexibility and changes the way we approach our most difficult (and joyful!) moments in life.
Because ACT is process-based, it’s suitable to treat all anxiety disorders and anxiety-related difficulties (like depression, bipolar, disordered eating & body dysmorphia, BFRDs, etc).
With roots in Zen Buddhism and Buddhist Psychology, mindfulness-based interventions include full course evidence-based practices like Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction, Mindfulness-Based Cognitive Therapy, Mindfulness-Based Relapse Prevention, Mindful Self-Compassion, & Compassion Focused Therapy. Specific mindfulness-based interventions may look like body scans, mindful eating, visual and audial attention practices, and breathing or meditation practices. The intention of a mindfulness-based intervention is not to make you feel better, or “to clear your mind,” but instead to attend, on purpose, in the present-moment, with non-judgment (Kabat-Zinn).
All of the treatment plans crafted at WCA will incorporate mindfulness-based interventions, specifically tailored to fit your treatment needs and life.
CPT is a specific cognitive-behavioral therapy treatment that targets PTSD through a 12-15 week series of structured cognitive exercises. Each exercise builds on the week prior, and helps clients to identify and examine the beliefs that they have about why a trauma occurred. Like other evidence-based practices that treat PTSD (e.g. PE-PTSD, WET), this treatment alleviates suffering in a surprisingly short amount of time. CPT is accepted widely as a best practice to treat PTSD.
There are four primary ways we develop clinical anxiety – we call these “vehicles of acquisition.“
We explore your vehicles of acquisition to create the most effective treatment path. Then, we get to work.
